Dictionary entry

Censure (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cen″sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Censured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Censuring.] [Cf. F. ensurer.] 1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. “Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.” Beau. & Fl.

2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.

Shak.

3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak.

Syn. — To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.